As of this writing, he has raised more than $1.29 million with more than 5,400 backers. In a post thanking supporters, he encouraged people to continue contributing. "Let's keep going," he said. "Why stop now? Thank you to all of our Backers that made this happen. We wouldn't have gotten here without you."

Lee hasn't disclosed many details of the film, or even a title, instead labeling his Kickstarter page as "The Newest Hottest Spike Lee Joint" and describing it as "funny, sexy and bloody" and "a new kind of love story." It will be a thriller, he said.

However, he reassured visitors to the page, it will not be a remake of "Blacula," the 1972 horror blaxploitation film about an African prince-turned-vampire who terrorizes modern Los Angeles.

"I’m doing a semi-genre film about addiction," he wrote. "These people are addicted to blood. Yet, however, they are not vampires. It’s going to be sexy, humorous and bloody. To me that’s a unique combination.

Like the Braff campaign, which raised more than $3 million, Lee's effort has received considerable backlash on social media sites, though it has recieved donations from Steven Soderbergh and Neil Gaiman.